Planetarium, the new collaborative album co-composed by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister, will be released on 9th June. Watch the video to ‘Saturn’, the first single taken from the album, below. A completely reimagined version of the project originally undertaken years ago and performed in various iterations around the world, Planetarium unites Stevens’ vocals, McAlister’s beats, Dessner’s guitar performance, and Muhly’s instrumental compositions. Planetarium revolves around the cosmic ideas...
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John Moreland has released a video for ‘It Don’t Suit Me (Like Before)’. Taken from his upcoming fourth studio album Big Bad Luv, out on 5th May. Watch the clip below. Serving as much as a document of John’s life on the road as a snapshot of the US southern states, the video was created by Sterlin Harjo. A fellow Oklahoma native, he has watched Moreland’s audience grow over the years, and...
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Baltimore trio Future Islands have released a new single from their upcoming album The Far Field out Friday 7 April. The chest-pounding ‘Cave’ speaks directly to the bruised but brave romantic in each of us. For a unique spin on a lyric video, the band enlisted American sign language interpreter Jonathan Lamberton to sign ‘Cave’s lyrics. Watch it below! The Far Field refines and builds on the breakthroughs of their...
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Arca has released another piece of new music from his forthcoming album. ‘Saunter’ is the latest in a line of new songs that feature revelatory vocal performances from the London-based, Venezuela-born artist. Listen below! Arca has also announced a limited-edition vinyl release of ‘Reverie / Saunter’. Limited to just 220 copies, the 12” release will be hand-numbered and features hand-stitched fishnet tights packaging. The vinyl release is available to pre-order via...
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Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker have announced new single ‘Nine Times Along’ from their latest album Overnight. Listen below! Josienne & Ben have also just been nominated in the ‘Best Duo’ category at this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. The Awards will take place on 5th April at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The fifth time they have been nominated for awards in various categories since 2014, including winning...
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Julien Baker’s new 7” Funeral Pyre is fresh in stores this week! The single, with previously unreleased track B-side ‘Distant Solar Systems’ can be heard below. The Memphis, TN-based songwriter’s contribution to the Our First 100 Days compilation – a piano version of Sprained Ankle track ‘Good News’ – was also released today. Our First 100 Days was started in conjunction with Secretly Group and 30 Songs, 30 Days, and is raising funds...
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After Molly Burch released her acclaimed debut album Please Be Mine last month, following a triumphant round of SXSW showcases, she shares the Jordan Moser directed video for the album’s title track, watch it below. Growing up in LA with a writer/producer father and a casting director mother, Burch’s childhood was filled with old Hollywood musicals and the sounds of Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. After finding her...
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Perfume Genius’ fourth album, No Shape will be released on May 5. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Blake Mills, mixed by Shawn Everett. Watch the video to first single, ‘Slip Away’ below! With his new songs, Mike Hadreas goes even further, merging church music, makeout music, R&B, art pop, krautrock, and queer soul into his take on stadium anthems, completing the journey from critically acclaimed underground hero to...
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Sam Gellaitry shares new single ‘Ceremony’ from his Escapism III EP out 7 April. Listen below! Escapism III is the third chapter in his Escapism saga: a coming-of-age trilogy that demonstrates Sam’s unique, filmic musical productions. The EP sees Sam Gellaitry’s sound transcending, invoking a cinematic feel of technicolour-esque scope to his experimental production. “I always liked when people would compare my tracks to a story or a journey. It is...
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Client Liaison have shared their long awaited video clip for ‘Off White Limousine’. Directed by Tobias Willis (KEWL) and Zachary Bradtke (BANALARAMA), the video expands on the grand Client Liaison narrative. ‘Off White Limousine’ reveals that in the chess game of international diplomacy, for every move you make, for every advance across the board, a counter lies in wait. Those with Diplomatic Immunity, however, will always prevail. Watch it below! Along with the video...
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Arca surprises us with a new song and video from his forthcoming, self-titled third album, watch it below. Shot in one take and featuring Arca (aka Alejandro Ghersi), the new video for ‘Reverie’ was created by longtime visual collaborator Jesse Kanda, who has also directed the video for previous cut, ‘Anoche’ and created the stunning artwork for Arca. In ‘Reverie’, Arca is a wounded matador, made mighty with mechanical legs, or bleeding...
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Spoon’s new album Hot Thoughts is out today! Produced by Spoon and Dave Fridmann, they’ve created the bravest, most sonically inventive work of their career. Last week, Spoon announced two in-store appearances ahead of their Sydney and Melbourne shows at The Metro Theatre and The Croxton Bandroom next week. More details below. “I love going down to Australia, but it seems we’re never able to stay for long, so I rented a...
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ANOHNI releases Paradise, the companion EP to last year’s HOPELESSNESS. In collaboration with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke, on Paradise, ANOHNI seeks to support activist conversations and disrupt assumptions about popular music through the collision of electronic sound and highly politicised lyrics. Paradise includes new songs as well as material recently debuted live. On the title track, ‘Paradise,’ ANOHNI voices ecstatic alienation, describing a dystopian life filled with horror, awe, comfort...
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Benjamin Booker is back! Overnight he has shared details for his new album Witness and has released the title track from the record. The single, Booker’s most profound and politically charged song to date, features a guest vocal by Mavis Staples. The album is out June 2nd via Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records. Read his powerful statement regarding the track below: WITNESS By Benjamin Booker “Once you find yourself in another...
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Spoon announce two intimate in-store appearances to precede their shows in Sydney and Melbourne this month. The band will appear at Redeye Records in Sydney on Wednesday 22nd March, and at Polyester Records in Melbourne on Friday 24th March on the eve of their shows at The Metro Theatre and The Croxton Bandroom. Further details below. Capacity is strictly limited for the Polyester Records in-store appearance, so for guaranteed entry, all you need...
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B Boys have announced their debut album Dada, set for release on 19 May via Captured Tracks / Remote Control. Listen to first single ‘Energy’ below. – B BOYS MEET THE PRESS – A: It all began with a dream, really. The album. Q: Oh, there’s an album? A: 13 songs, recorded with microphones and such. A variety of instruments. Q: I’d call that an album. A: We call it Dada....
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